The Pedimented Portico of the Former Ballarat Baptist Church – Dawson Street, Ballarat
Situated at 3 Dawson Street, the former Ballarat Baptist Church was designed by architect J. A. Doane for Jacobs, Lewis and Vine Architects. Building commenced in 1866 and was completed in externally between 1875 and 1876.
The Baptist Church is located in a church precinct dating from the 1860s, close to the intersection of Sturt and Dawson Streets, which is dominated by St Patrick’s Cathedral and Hall as well as St Andrew’s Kirk on the other side of Sturt Street and the former Congregational Church in Dawson Street. The church was renovated in 1891, 1910 and again in 1933. In 1958 further internal changes were made. A new pulpit and panelling in front of the choir stalls were dedicated in September 1959.
The former Baptist Church has a stuccoed main facade features a double storey pedimented prostyle portico on fluted Corinthian columns. The main wall is faced with giant Corinthian pilasters supporting the parapet and continuous entablature and is infilled with ashlar masonry and blind pedimented openings. The bluestone side walls have not been rendered.
The former Baptist Church, Ballarat is architecturally significant as one of J. A. Doane’s most important works and is of note particularly for the fine detailing of the pedimented portico.
The Former Baptist Church, Ballarat is architecturally and historically significant as part of one of the finest religious precincts in Victoria, constructed in the 1860s from the prosperity due to the gold discoveries in the surrounding area.
The Pedimented Portico of the Former Ballarat Baptist Church – Dawson Street, Ballarat
Situated at 3 Dawson Street, the former Ballarat Baptist Church was designed by architect J. A. Doane for Jacobs, Lewis and Vine Architects. Building commenced in 1866 and was completed in externally between 1875 and 1876.
The Baptist Church is located in a church precinct dating from the 1860s, close to the intersection of Sturt and Dawson Streets, which is dominated by St Patrick’s Cathedral and Hall as well as St Andrew’s Kirk on the other side of Sturt Street and the former Congregational Church in Dawson Street. The church was renovated in 1891, 1910 and again in 1933. In 1958 further internal changes were made. A new pulpit and panelling in front of the choir stalls were dedicated in September 1959.
The former Baptist Church has a stuccoed main facade features a double storey pedimented prostyle portico on fluted Corinthian columns. The main wall is faced with giant Corinthian pilasters supporting the parapet and continuous entablature and is infilled with ashlar masonry and blind pedimented openings. The bluestone side walls have not been rendered.
The former Baptist Church, Ballarat is architecturally significant as one of J. A. Doane’s most important works and is of note particularly for the fine detailing of the pedimented portico.
The Former Baptist Church, Ballarat is architecturally and historically significant as part of one of the finest religious precincts in Victoria, constructed in the 1860s from the prosperity due to the gold discoveries in the surrounding area.